He Went for a Soldier - Ruth Comfort Mitchell
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- He went for a Soldier - Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- AO1 - Points and Quotes
- "billy the Soldier boy"
- Lured into thinking that war is honourable and full of reward
- "hell called war"
- Realistic interpretation of war - war is dangerous and scary
- "billy the Soldier boy"
- AO2 - Structure and Language
- Imagery
- Strong and Dark - shows the consequences of war and how it is dangerous and scary
- Animalistic - shows that was is unnatural
- "the pain-crazed animals a-shreiking there"
- Nature Imagery
- "a sickening sun grins down on him"
- Haunting tone
- Structured like a nusery rhyme to emphasise naivety and innocence of the young men signing up to fight
- Volta
- Stanza three switches from jolly patriotic tone to realities of war
- Imagery
- AO3 - Context
- Mitchell's hatred for war was voiced before America joined the war
- American
- Wasn't published due to censorship
- AO4 - Links
- The Three Lads - Same juxtaposition between patriotism and the realities of war
- Joining the Colours - contrast, smae jolly tone but is doing exactly what Mitchell warns about
- Joining the Colours - Shows Juxtaposition of signing up and realities.
- AO5 - Alternative interpretations
- Criticism of people's views of the war
- AO1 - Points and Quotes
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